Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Jamaica
Jamaica: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,519 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Jamaica, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Jamaica is 2,519 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Jamaica peaked at 2,519 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,360 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Jamaica ranks 24th of 181 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,394 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,418 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,426 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,435 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,443 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,451 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,459 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,467 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,474 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,481 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,487 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,498 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,519 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,398 kcal/cap/d | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | 2,435 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,475 kcal/cap/d | 2,443 kcal/cap/d | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | 2,519 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Jamaica?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Jamaica was 2,519 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,519 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,360 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Jamaica rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Jamaica ranks 24th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.